2006 Year In Photos: Business

A man gazes at Sharp's flat-panel television display at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2006.

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Intel Corp. workers wear clean suits as they work on chip manufacturing in a special light-sensitive room at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on July 17, 2006.

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YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif., on March 29, 2006. Hurley, who graduated from Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pa., is CEO of the Web site Google bought for $1.65 billion.

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Home sale signs crowd a street corner in a San Jose, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2006.

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Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs walks in front of iPods playing different movies clips during an announcement at an Apple event in a San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2006. Apple Computer launched its long-awaited online movie service with minimal participation from Hollywood and showed off a device that will make it easier for consumers to watch the videos on TV.

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Enron founder Kenneth Lay waits at the corner on his way to the federal courthouse on the last day of the 11th week of his fraud and conspiracy trial in Houston on April 13, 2006. Lay died of a heart attack July 5, 2006.

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Bill and Melinda Gates, from left, and Warren Buffett after news conference in New York detailing Buffett's donations to charity, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Oct. 3, 2006. The Dow Jones industrial average finished above the previous record close on Jan. 14, 2000, of 11,722.98 to close unofficially at 11,727.18.

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Sherry Barry packs a few more items on her filled cart as she and other shoppers gather early Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, at Toys R Us in Dartmouth, Mass., to take advantage of the Black Friday sales as the holiday shopping season begins in full force.

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Employees of Google stand in front of the company's logo at Frankfurt book fair on Oct. 8, 2006, in Frankfurt, Germany. On Oct. 7, Google bought YouTube, a company offering online video, 1.5 billion euros in stock.